Beg, Borrow, and Steal: A Writer’s Life

The author of Hurry Down Sunshine and the acclaimed “Freelance” columnist for the Times Literary Supplement revises his life for publication.

May 24: Carson McCullers's The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Works was published on this day in 1951. Included in this omnibus edition were most of the pieces upon which her reputation now stands, putting her in a rank…

Do you recall the tagline from the very first Superman movie? "You'll believe a man can fly!" Well, I'm tempted to craft such a hyperbolic assertion for China Miéville's…

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